The association of the rs1344706 polymorphism of the ZNF804A gene with EEG rhythm synchronization/ desynchronization parameters during the visual perception of semantic and meaningless verbal information was studied in patients with schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorders (n = 93) and mentally healthy subjects (n = 93). On reading verbal information, regardless of mental status, subjects with the AA genotype showed lower synchronization of the θ rhythm than carriers of the C allele. As compared with carriers of the C allele, healthy carriers of the AA allele showed lower synchronization of the θ rhythm in the posterior cortical areas of the left hemisphere, no difference in synchronization of the γ rhythm, and desynchronization of the μ rhythm on perception of semantic and meaningless verbal information. Patients carrying the AA variant, as compared with carriers of the C variant, showed a lower degree of μ-rhythm desynchronization, which correlated with the severity of speech disorders on the PANSS. The results obtained here indicate that the rs1344706 polymorphism of the ZNF804A gene has a modulating effect on the neurophysiological characteristics of the reading process and contributes to the variability of clinically expressed speech disorders.
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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel’nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 38–51, January–February, 2023.
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Garakh, Z.V., Golimbet, V.E., Larionova, E.V. et al. Association of the rs1344706 Polymorphism of the ZNF804A Gene with Induced EEG Rhythm Changes during Visual Perception of Verbal Stimuli in Healthy and Schizophrenic Subjects. Neurosci Behav Physi 53, 846–855 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-023-01477-7
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